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At the Allium Café...

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... it's allium time again.

২৯টি মন্তব্য:

Hagar বলেছেন...

The calorie counting that the Professor posted about a while back. Wasn't that sort of what Schechter vs. US was about?

Hagar বলেছেন...

The calorie counting that the Professor posted about a while back. Wasn't that sort of what Schechter vs. US was about?

Phil 314 বলেছেন...

Onion

Phil 314 বলেছেন...

Glass onion

edutcher বলেছেন...

Very pretty.

The paucity of posts was worth it.

I also think Madame La Professeur needs some time in the sun.

Hopefully, warm sun.

Chip Ahoy বলেছেন...

Say you're an Air Force brat and you're talking to your mates, and your mates are deaf, and you're living in Japan and you need words for Japanese cities but there aren't any in asl and you're sick of spelling them.

It could happen.

This guy shows how to say them, but they're only so good in limited situation.

rhhardin বলেছেন...

Flower-free backyard on the verge of needing a light top-levelling scything.

This year is a longer grass experiment, in an attempt to eliminate clipping removal from the operation. Clippings disappear into the lawn, is the theory.

A side-effect is no dandelions.

kimsch বলেছেন...

Mine aren't blooming yet and I'm south...

Cody Jarrett বলেছেন...
এই মন্তব্যটি লেখক দ্বারা সরানো হয়েছে।
Cody Jarrett বলেছেন...
এই মন্তব্যটি লেখক দ্বারা সরানো হয়েছে।
Fred Drinkwater বলেছেন...

I can grow all the onions and garlic I want on my deck. Chives, too, of course. Tarragon is easy, as are various thymes and oreganos and parsleys.
So why can't I grow basil? Is it divine punishment for some sin (sins, more likely) I have not done penance for?
Just tell me. I need to know. I'm suffering, here.

Big Mike বলেছেন...

My wife allium, but I've never cared for their big round flowers.

Big Mike বলেছেন...

My wife loves allium. Fixed it.

Cody Jarrett বলেছেন...

I've never had any luck with the basil either. I assume it's soil related but never bothered to investigate.

Palladian বলেছেন...

Do you serve an allium tisane at this café?

Chip Ahoy বলেছেন...

I almost didn't publish this because I don't like it. It's not funny. Lois Lerner, the lifeforms are known for being stupid and they get lower and lower.

I threw it away. But then this morning I thought even if it's not funny it's my duty to pile on.

Cody Jarrett বলেছেন...

an allium tisane

That sounds...not so good.

Chip Ahoy বলেছেন...

Have you tried basil from seed?

In my Aerogardens, it is always basil that sprouts first, in all its forms. It is my favorite herb for its ease. Once it bolts the plant is doomed, and they usually bolt rather quickly. You can forestall the plant's imminent death by pinching off the flowers, then it is a matter of pinch pinch pinch, all the time pinch, constant pinching so that finally at length you go, "Die already," and make pesto.

rhhardin বলেছেন...

Flowers et al.

rhhardin বলেছেন...

Flags by bicycle (video, reduce your page size)

Meade বলেছেন...

Fred Drinkwater said...
"So why can't I grow basil?"

Growing basil in containers checklist:
Large container with perfect drainage
Potting "mix" not potting "soil"
Full sun
Water daily
Fertilize freely with Osmocote or Miracle Gro

Meade বলেছেন...

Also, study Chip Ahoy (above) -- check.

Unknown বলেছেন...

I just think they're pretty. Had no idea they're onions.

Meade বলেছেন...

All onions are allium but not all allium are onions.

n বলেছেন...

Allium Alley

Fred Drinkwater বলেছেন...

I am now inspired to grow more basil. I think the main thing I was doing wrong was not pinching aggressively enough, as Chip Ahoy noted.

Fred Drinkwater বলেছেন...

I never have too much basil, but I frequently have too much tarragon. I eventually go into a frenzy of bernaise-making and salmon-cooking, until I enter a Omega-3 oil induced coma.
I'm so stupid. My baby sister is the herb gardener at a local top-end restaurant, and a certified Master Gardener. But I never asked her about my basil. Sigh.
Shameless plug: She runs Garnish Garden (garnishgarden.net)

Fred Drinkwater বলেছেন...

I am now inspired to grow more basil. I think the main thing I was doing wrong was not pinching aggressively enough, as Chip Ahoy noted.

Unknown বলেছেন...

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